DESCRIPTION
This mod aims to make playing in the Islamic World a much more well-rounded and historically immersive experience. If you would like to support my efforts to maintain and add to this mod, please visit my patreon at: 

Fully Compatible with Royal Court!, Not Achievement Compatible. Compatible with Governments+ (Use Governments+ for Islamic governments!) Compatible with the Extended Portraits & Ethnicities mod! Download compatibility patch for both mods here:

Working Languages: English, Korean. Chinese Translation Chinese Translation:

You can follow the creator of the mod on instagram at: @asas_husain

A big thank you to our contributors on the discord: Al Kutba, Nico, grandembassy, Butshikan, Emrysvaldr, TheGib770, May F, Dvariak.

Current Features: THE SWORDS OF ISLAM:

- Two new bookmarks set in 1066, focusing on the Middle East, North Africa and the rulers of the area!

ASSASSINS:

- Added Hashashin as a Persian technology, which when researched, enables the recruitment of Hashashin as men-at-arms.

SELJUK INVASION OF ANATOLIA/SULTANATE OF RUM:

- You can now form the Sultanate of Rum! The AI is also now able to form it consistently!

- The Seljuks can now invade Anatolia right after their invasion of Armenia. This was achieved through combining this mod with grandembassy and Butshikan's Seljuk Anatolian Invasion mod!

IMAMS OF IBADISM:

- Added the Ibadi Imams in Oman and North Africa with a custom Wahbiya faith.

NEW EVENTS:

- Declare yourself the Mahdi. (Now rulers of a certain "eccentric" variety will get an event allowing them to claim themselves as the Mahdi, launching a unique story.)

BERBER TRIBES OF OLD:

- Featuring 4 new inheritable traits that represent the Miknasa, Sanhaja, Masmuda and Zenata Berber lineages that many in-game characters and dynasties claim descent from.

SAYYID/QURAISHI DISTINCTION:

- Sayyids and Qurayshis are now distinct traits that operate based on being descended from the Quraysh tribe, or being descended directly from the Prophet.

QOL CHANGES:

- Shia sects now have the Zulfiqar icon, with many custom icons of the same sort to create custom faiths with.

- Numerous Islamic dynasties have received updated coat of arms, utilizing Arabic calligraphy.

- The Seljuk invasion is now given proper men-at-arms instead of just levies. This makes the Sultanate of Rum more commonly appearing in-game.

- New icons for Sayyid/Qurayshi traits.

- Alevi/Alawis have custom art instead of the empty crescent.

- Quranists have a custom Quran icon!

- Clan government can now raid!

- Added new thematically appropriate loading screen art pieces.

- Buffed Sayyid trait.

- Countless localization changes to fit better with languages of the Islamic World.

NEW BUILDINGS:

- Added Imam Hussain Shrine to Karbala.

- Added Great Mosque of Kairouan

- Added Great Mosque of Sana'a

- Added Al-Zaytuna Mosque to Tunis.

- Added Great Mosque of Damascus

- Added Al-Qarawiyyin University in Fes.

- Added Qalat Al-Bahrain Ruins/Fort

- Added Tarikhaneh Fire Temple/Mosque to Damghan.

- Added Kira Baltit

- Added Mankiala Stupa

- Added Jawatha Mosque in Al-Kilabiya.

- Added Gonbad-e-Qavus to Gurgan.

- Added Al-Ukhaidir Fortress to Ain At Tamr.

- Added Imam Ali Mosque of Basra

- Added Jameh Mosque of Atigh to Shiraz.

- Added Hejra to Al-Hijr.

- Added Great Mosque of Susa

- Added Great Mosque of Sfax

- Added Juma Mosque of Shemakha

- Added Katochgarh to Multan.

- Added Prahladpuri Temple to Alipur.

- Added Chapel of Dzordzor to Maku.

- Added Etchmiadzin Cathedral to Bagaran

- Added Monastery of Saint Thaddeus to Berkri

- Added Monastery of Saint Stepanos to Naxcivan

- Added Citadel of Alexander to Herat

- Added Citadel of Homs

- Added Citadel of Antioch

- Added Fortress of Amida

- Added Imam Reza Shrine to Tus

- Added Qusayr Amra

- Added Port of Beirut

- Added Port of Yaffa

- Added Port of Tripolis

- Added Port of Tyre

- Added Lighthouse of Alexandria (Ruins/Restored)

- Added Alcazar of Seville

- Added Alcazaba of Almeria

- Added Fort of Algeciras

- Added Fort of Alicante

- Added Alcazaba of Badajoz

- Added Walls of Faro

- Added Walls of Toledo

NEW MEN-AT-ARMS:

- Bedouin Tribesmen

- Cool

- Hindu Sipahis (Used traditionally by Muslim and Hindu rulers alike in South Asia)

- Hashash

HISTORICITY:

- Made various historical fixes to South Asia, including introducing the Gakhkars to the game and making existing rulers more detailed in their historicity.

- Added the Suleymanids of Tlemcen to North Africa.

- Added Imams of Ithna 'Ashari and Zayidi Islam as religious heads of their respective religions.

- Added the Barghawata Confederacy, a unique and interesting independent realm, to 867 Northwest Africa.

- Added the Nukkari sect of Ibadi Islam to North Africa.

- Added Nazzamism as a new Islamic faith.

- New Mahri and Hadrami cultures for South Arabia.

- Nestorians and Apostolic Christians now have their historical religious heads within the Abbasid Caliphate in 867 AD, and the Coptic Papacy is now in the Nile Delta under the Tulunids as it was historically.

- Azariqa and Almohadi (Masmudi) Muslims now have the warmonger tenet replaced with a new "Puritanical Islam" Tenet.

- Restored Fatimid Caliphate to it's historical 1066 borders.

- Shia sects have had the holy sites of Damascus/Baghdad replaced with Karbala.

- Added "Batriya" option for succession to Muhammad.

- Added historical representation of Imami groups near what is now Mashhad, Iran and Karbala, Iraq.

- Umayyads and Abbasids are not Sayyids, because that's historically inaccurate.

- Hashimids are now Zayidi Shia, which they historically were known to be up until the Ottoman period.

CULTURE IMPROVEMENTS:

- The Muslim Punjabi culture and the Hindu Panchanadi culture are now distinct. (Previously only Punjabi).

- The Muslim Hindavi culture and the Hindu Brijbasi culture are now distinct. (Previously only Hindustani).

- Expanded Muslim religious name list.

- Greatly expanded Oghuz culture name list.

- Greatly expanded Bedouin culture name list.

- Greatly expanded Mashriqi culture name list.

- Greatly expanded Persian culture name list.

- Greatly expanded Punjabi + Panchanadi culture name lists.

- Greatly expanded Egyptian culture name list.

- Greatly expanded Levantine culture name list.

- Greatly expanded Hindustani culture name list.

I am taking suggestions. Please leave your thoughts in the comments. Thank you.

CHANGELOG
v4 - Released 2022-12-30
Bug fixes and updates for 1.8.1
v3 - Released 2022-08-16
Redid previous update.
v2 - Released 2022-08-15
Bug fixes for religious provinces.

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